"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the Confederate States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all white people, Amen"
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if the
Southern States had won the American Civil War? Well, this film takes that idea
and runs with it. C.S.A.: The Confederate
States of America is a ninety minute feature masquerading as a History
Channel type documentary, charting a fictionalised world in which the American
Civil War was won by the South with the help of Britain
and France .
Delivered with a mixture of talking heads, re-enactments, readings, documentary
footage (real and fake) and interspersed with infomercials, just like American
television, the film charts the history of the C.S.A from its inception at the
outbreak of war in 1861 to the present day.
What you get is a sometimes interesting but often
uninspiring look at a fictionalised world which has a solid anti hate message
at its heart. I’d wanted to see the film for months as the American Civil War
is something that interests me but I won’t be recommending it to most people
unless they have a particular interest in American history or social studies.